How to Use toilet in a Sentence

toilet

1 of 2 noun
  • One of the kids needed to use the toilet.
  • Who left the toilet seat up last?
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • First gig with the toilet on the road.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Phone users spent more time on the toilet.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Flush the stink bug down the toilet.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But what about when your toilet is not in use?
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
  • Scrub the stain with a toilet brush and then flush.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • And yes, there's even a toilet.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Swish the brush around the toilet bowl to rinse it, then flush again.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • So your phone took a dip in a pool, ocean, or worse, the toilet?
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Clean the base of the toilet that is on the floor and all the knobs, too.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Fix leaky toilets as leaks are a big waste of water.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
  • What did one toilet say to the other?
    — Jamie Fischer, Parents, 20 June 2026
  • Last year, a toilet seat was a toilet seat.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Many here lack water to bathe and flush toilets.
    — Natalia Favre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In one house, their room had a giant pot for a toilet.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Those toilets still cost you the same amount of money.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 11 May 2026
  • This way, your brush can drip dry into your toilet.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
  • The toilet on the space shuttle did break from time to time.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Wet the stains in the toilet bowl by flushing.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Over time, a toilet is likely to loosen from its hinges.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
  • At least the toilet brush is hidden from sight.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Flush the toilet to rinse the vinegar out.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • From there, head to the bathroom and give the toilet a flush.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Snakes have been found in toilets around the world in recent years.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Scrub the toilet to remove any stains, and flush.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Right down to the heated toilet seats.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

toilet

2 of 2 verb
  • Scabies and lice can cling to towels, clothes, and bedding, but not toilet seats.
    — Jenelle Marie Pierce, Allure, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The government now says 100% of the country has toilet coverage.
    — Helen Regan and Manveena Suri, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The service can then quickly locate the brand, size and amount of a household good — from shampoo to toilet paper —that the customer previously bought, or make suggestions based on those past purchases.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Personal care attendants — known as PCAs — typically help with such tasks as dressing, toileting, walking, and light housework.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • To offset this inconvenience, reports the Associated Press, Airbnb will place a heated bathroom trailer with a shower, sink and toilet on the site.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Venezuela, for the record, is currently suffering chronic shortages of everything from food to toilet paper, a mass civil insurrection and murderous police brutality.
    — Michael J. Totten, The Atlantic, 13 June 2017
  • Duties and activities that may be required of the nurses include ventilator care, tracheotomy care and suctioning, medication administration, toileting/diapering and oral feeding.
    — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019

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